Radio Frequency History

1/03/27 First broadcast, licensed to C.L. Carrell Broadcasting Service at 500 watts as a “portable temporary station” 3/19/27 Last broadcast Call Letters: WHBM AM/FM: AM

4/01/25 Licensed to St. Louis Truth Center, Inc. at 250 watts 5/04/29 Frequency changed to 1200 kHz Call Letters: KFWF AM/FM: AM

11/21/28 Frequency assigned at 100 watts 1/23/29 Power increased to 250/100 watts 5/4/29 Frequency changed to 1200 kHz Call Letters: WIL AM/FM: AM

4/01/49 Frequency assigned to WIL at 5,000 watts 7/18/57 Control transfer to Radio Station WIL (Balaban) 4/67 Control transfer to Lin Broadcasting Corp. 5/15/67 Corporate name change to WIL News, Inc. (Lin) 9/13/68 Corporate name change to WIL Music, Inc. (Lin) 1987 Control transfer to Heritage Media 1/18/91 Call letters Read more…

4/03/58 Sign on as KADY, licensed to St. Charles County Broadcasting 7/01/58 Control transfer to William Cady, Jr. 11/01/62 Control transfer to KADY, Inc. 2/14/64 Silent for 10 days due to employees’ strike 1/21/65 Went dark due to financial problems 7/01/68 Licensed to Contemporary Media, Inc. as KIRL 11/01/79 Control Read more…

6/19/00 Dark frequency acquired by Schafermeyer Broadcasting 7/18/00 Call letters changed to KRFT 9/11/00 Control transfer to Radio Free Texas 9/16/02 Control transfer to KRFT, Inc. 2/04 Control transfer to Missouri Sports Radio 5/04 Control transfer to Big League Broadcasting 1/17/2008 Control transfer to Big Stick 3, LLC 10/2009 Control Read more…